Chapter 76: The First Step of King Baya
"Sheldon scored 42 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals, and the Bobcats beat the Magic!"
"Invincible Sheldon alone disrupted the Magic Defense Line. After many consecutive games, the Bobcats finally reversed!"
"The clamping defense cannot stop Sheldon. Is the Magic's defense too weak, or is Sheldon too strong?"
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After the battle between Bobcats defeating Magic, public opinion was full of praise for Li Ke.
This battle is indeed as these praises say, and it is a victory won by Li Ke alone.
Compared to Li Ke, who couldn't even stop the clamp defense, there seemed to be nothing to say about the skills and tactics of this game.
After this game, the Magic were sure to miss the league's number one throne, and Stan Van Gundy also immediately blamed him: "No one can stand up to stop Sheldon, our wing defense is too bad."
It seems that it only pointed out the problems of its own team, but in fact it has pointed the problems directly at the Magic's management.
The wing defense is too bad, that is Stan Van Gundy's problem.
But if no one can stand up, it is a matter of team configuration.
The transaction deadline is yesterday's yellow flower, and it is unlikely that magic will be strengthened.
If you lose in the regular season, it doesn't matter to the Magic or even their fans.
But what about the playoffs?
If the Magic loses against the Bobcats or other powerful opponents in the playoffs, it will not be Stan Van Gundy's fault.
No matter how good a chef is, he cannot cook a table of dishes without good ingredients.
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Unlike the magic that loses, the Bobcats who win also summarize.
Rivers believes that his tactical intentions have been achieved, but have not been achieved because the player's condition is average.
Therefore, if you try magic again in the playoffs, the Bobcats can replicate the victory of this game by just implementing the tactical ideas of this game.
Li Ke thought more. First of all, he pulled out this game and compared it with the previous Bobcats' Magic game.
To be honest, Rivers' bonus is still reflected.
In the past, the Bobcats vs. Magic were basically Li Ke and the Five.
Curry naturally did not play without the ball. Hua Lao Er's style is restricted by the Magic's defensive system and cannot play at all. The inside line is all blue-collar. Isn't it just Li Ke who depends on the specific analysis?
In this game, other Bobcats players still played, especially after Li Ke completely disrupted the Magic's defense line, Hua Er, Kenyon Martin, substitutes Wesley Matthews and Lao Du all played.
Even Curry, who has a cold touch, does not make accurate shots when receiving the ball. He can still achieve some results by holding the ball himself.
Simply put, Rivers turned Li Ke's team alone into a real team.
In the past, Bobcats always suffered various defeats against Magic. Before Li Ke made a strong effort in this game, the scores were always anxious, which proved the role of Rivers.
However, after analyzing this game in detail, Li Ke felt that there were still hidden dangers.
Rivers believes that the reason why the Bobcats failed to win easily is that Curry is in average and there are too many open opportunities that are not invested.
Li Ke believes that compared to the average state of Curry on the Bobcat, the magic state is more problematic.
"Aron Brooks, Jamal Nelson, Old Carter, Michael Pitrus, JJ Redick, Rashad Lewis, the Magic's outside line is a group of chaotic war masters. Looking at the Magic's regular season, their offense is based on these chaotic war masters, all kinds of seemingly chaotic singles, but they can effectively score points."
To be simpler, Magic does not have top outside scorers, but his group of chaotic battle masters can be regarded as one or two top outside scorers.
But in this game with the Bobcats, none of the Magic's chaotic masters were able to play.
The Bobcats' excellent defense is one aspect, but more importantly, it should be caused by the magic state.
"If the magic state is a little bit higher..."
After sending off the magical bobcat training ground, Li Ke was practicing more while discussing with Tim Graver.
Although Tim Graver is just a trainer and doesn't know much about skills and tactics, after all, this matter involves the state, and Tim Graver, as a trainer, has a strong say.
"If the Magic is in a little bit more, it will be difficult for you to win the final victory in the third quarter."
In the third quarter, Li Ke had already tried his best. If he could not win in one wave, it would be hard to say what the outcome of this game would be.
"So, the Magic are still the enemy in the playoffs!"
Looking at the east, Magic is the best, the Bobcats have also regained their form after changing coaches, and the Cavaliers have also made many signings, and their strength on paper has increased greatly.
From the outside world, the east is a three-legged tripod.
In Li Ke's opinion, Lebang, which does not have a huge help, is not worth worrying about. The only thing worth worrying about is this magic trick with many uncertainties.
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After playing Magic, the remaining schedule of the Bobcats this season is equivalent to going through the motions.
In the second-to-last battle, they fought with Del Nigro's Bulls. Without Tom Siberty, the Bulls were not strong enough, and the serious Bobcats easily won.
On the other hand, the Cavaliers have already felt the threat from the Bobcats. They don't want to fall to third in the Eastern Conference, because that means they will lose their home advantage when they meet the Bobcats in the second round of the playoffs.
That's right, the Cavaliers have already thought of the second round of the playoffs.
Jamison was caught on the trading deadline and then re-signed Big Z. The abuse attribute at the end of the season was further expanded. The Cavaliers already confidently believed that they had the power to fight with the Bobcats.
In fact, Li Ke also believes that only looking at the paper, the knights of Little Mo Richard Hamilton LeBon Jamison Big Z do have the power to fight against the Bobcats.
But that's also on paper. If you really fight, the Bobcats only need to lock Lebang and the Cavaliers will become a second-rate team.
The same thing is true. At this time, there is no low post, no back, and no other super giant help. The offense will only break through the ball without a brain, and it is so easy to defend!
Li Ke can easily fight Lebang to death, of course, only Li Ke.
The alliance can do this, except for Li Ke, no second one has been found yet...
Back to the topic, the Cavaliers don't want to fall to third in the East, but the second-to-last game of the season was the second day after the Bobcats defeated the Bulls. They headed out to challenge the Magic that just lost to the Bobcats.
The Cavaliers also have other ideas for this game.
Simply put, the difference between their record and Magic is not big. Now Magic has 59 wins and the Cavaliers have 57 wins.
If the Knights win in this battle, they will be able to win the 58th victory and prevent the Magic from winning the 60th victory.
The Hawks who won the final game of the season will also win 59.
As long as the Magic loses the final game of the season, the record will be tied and the results of the match will also be tied. The final comparison is the record in the division.
The record in the division only requires facing the Bucks, Bulls, Pacers and Pistons Cavaliers, which is much better than facing the Magic of the Bobcats, Eagles, Heat and Wizards.
In other words, as long as you win this game, the Cavaliers can retain a little chance of becoming the number one in the East.
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Charlotte's Bobcats are also paying attention to this game. At the beginning of the game, the Cavaliers made great strides with Lebang's sudden score.
Speaking of which, Lebang's own system, which is the so-called sudden division system, directly led to his team being only his own team.
But the composition of the three giants Lukai directly blocked Lebang for three years. (In reality)
Later, he started the era of big grouping by himself, which made it impossible for a single superstar to touch the golden cup.
If you join a group, with Lebang's own system, the superstars that meet his requirements can only be players like Wade and Irving, who can shoot, break, play without the ball, and can score independently at critical moments.
And when a player can do the above points, he is at least a superstar.
Lebang's sudden division system is simple and efficient, so his team can always achieve excellent results in the regular season.
But the shortcomings are prominent, so in the playoffs, it will be difficult for him to win.
Data shows that during the Cavaliers 1.0 period, Lebang only won a 50-win opponent...
It can be seen that he has taken too much dividends from the strong West and the weak East.
Thinking of this, Li Ke also firmly decided that even if the Bobcat doesn't want him in the future, he will stay in the east.
This east is so easy to mess with!
Why do you have eight consecutive finals? That's not enough to have hands?
Back to this focus battle, the Bobcats knew very well that as long as the Cavaliers lost, they would be second in the East.
But at the beginning, the magic was very average and gave the Cavaliers too many opportunities.
As soon as Lebang split, Xiao Mo, Hamilton and even Jamison, who had just arrived, all opened fire.
"If this continues, the Cavaliers will win..."
Rivers frowned. The Cavaliers really won, and the Bobcats were the ones who suffered the loss.
The Magic also has the chance to make the first place in the last game, and the Cavaliers can also drag the suspense of the second and third place in the Eastern Conference to the last game of the season.
Speaking of which, Rivers wanted to rotate in the last game of the season.
But if the Cavaliers really win the Magic, in the last game of the season, even if the opponent is the Nets, the Bobcats have to be serious.
Fortunately, the situation changed suddenly in the second half.
Stan Van Gundy cleverly took Masingota to the main lineup, expanded the Spark's position and held Lebang with Sparks.
Once Lebang was restricted, the Cavaliers' attack was a little unable to run.
The most important thing is the offensive end, the little black bean suddenly exploded—
"Aron Brooks, take the ball from the outside and pull it out directly!"
Swish—!
"The ball went in, this was his second consecutive three-pointer!"
"Aaron Brooks just started the second half and went wild."
The Knight was surprised by Little Black Bean's rampage, but Rivers was the same.
In addition, JJ Redick, who came on the bench, also made three-pointers into the bag. The Magic suddenly erupted with offensive firepower like a volcanic eruption.
This was something that Bobcats and Doug Rivers couldn't feel in the last battle.
"So Magic's offensive firepower is so strong? In the last game, was our defense too outstanding, or was the Magic's condition too diarrhea?"
Rivers quickly reviewed the videos of the magic game he had watched to study magic.
The magic in the video also scored continuously like this game with the Cavaliers, with various chaos and madness.
At that time, Rivers thought it was accidental, but now, Rivers doesn't think so anymore.
He felt that the offensive performance of the Magic and the Bobcats game was more like accidental...
In the second half, the Magic broke out, reversing the situation and the score.
In the end, the Knights lost to Magic in disappointing and expected.
Like the Bobcats, they fought Magic four times in the season, 1 win and 3 losses.
More importantly, this defeat allowed the Magic to win the 60th victory of the season, directly locking in the top throne of the Eastern Conference.
And, with only one game left in the season, the Bobcats tied the game.
The Bobcats also advanced one forward with their four-kill record in the season and became the second in the Eastern Conference.
The Knight naturally slipped down and became the third in the East.
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In the last game of the season, the Cavaliers still hope that the Bobcats would lose to the Nets and they would turn it back.
As a result, when they started the war, they were shot by the eagle in the dark corner.
Jiongsen beat Richard Hamilton against the side, with 34 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, which was considered a match against Lebang.
The one who decided that the Hawks won was Ke Liu, who was the substitute of the Cavaliers, and shot 6 three-pointers like a bombardment, scoring 24 points alone.
In addition, in the second position alone, the Eagle shot in 58 points.
The Hawks this season are actually a dominant overlords that should not be underestimated. They just lack super giants, which makes them look a bit lacking in competitiveness.
"The Hawks should have surpassed the Celtics after winning this game, and they are sure to be fourth in the East."
After the Bobcats finally won the Nets, the regular season of the 2009-10 season came to an end.
In the end, the Magic became the number one in the Eastern Conference with a record of 61 wins and 21 losses, while the Bobcats became the number two in the Eastern Conference with a record of 58 wins and 24 losses.
The 58 wins this season are also the highest winning game that Li Ke has won since entering the NBA.
In the rookie season, the Bobcats won 51 wins, fourth in the Eastern Conference, and in the second grade, the Bobcats only had 49 wins.
The second in the Eastern Conference is also the highest ranking Li Ke has won since entering the NBA.
After the Bobcats, they will be the Knight with 57 victories.
Later, the record fell sharply, with the Hawks with 51 wins ranked fourth, and the Celtics with 50 wins ranked fifth. It can be seen from the regular season record that the Magic, Bobcats and the Cavaliers are the first level, while the Hawks and Celtics are the second level.
Later, the Heat with 44 wins, the Bucks with 43 wins and the Bulls with 42 wins are the third place.
In the first round of playoffs, the Bobcats will be the Bucks.
In the Magic vs. Bulls, Lebang wants to fall in love with his good brothers. In the end, the Hawks, who have won the home advantage, need to face the old powerful Celtics...
This is the situation in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
In the Western Conference, the Lakers are ranked first in the 62-win Lakers. Later, the Nuggets, Mavericks, Suns, Jazz, Spurs, Trail Blazers, and Thunder are ranked one after another.
In the first round, the Lakers will fight against the Thunder, the Nuggets' opponent will drive it, the Mavericks and the Spurs will start a Texas Civil War, and the Suns will defeat their opponents Jazz.
The playoffs are about to begin...
For the foreseeable playoff journey in front of me, looking at Rivers who had already integrated, looking at Curry, the second child of Hua, Kenyon Martin, and Li Ke were relieved.
Chapter completed!